"Oedipus the King" In ancient Greek society it was believed that ones life is predestined and that ones fate is sealed. What is meant to occur will happen no matter what that person does, "if a man's contemptuous, and goes along with acts and speaks without respect for what is right and doesn't revere statues of gods, then let a sorry fate destroy him - for this perverse pride - since he unjustly reaps rewards, …showed first 75 words of 838 total…

…showed last 75 words of 838 total…could do that would change the final outcome of his life. Our fate, however, isn't sealed. We can change the course of our lives and we can change our destiny. Nothing is certain. We should take advantage of this by making the most of our lives. We can not just go with the flow and take what is given to us. We should keep trying to achieve more and more until we reach our goals.